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Zelenskyj participates in the G7 summit
05/19/2023 9:44 PM
Conjecture about the Ukrainian president’s participation in the G7 summit is over. Volodymyr Zelensky will be in Hiroshima this weekend.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will attend the summit of the seven major democratic economic powers (G7) in Hiroshima this weekend. This was confirmed by the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, on Ukrainian television in the evening. To a similar question, Yermak replied: “Yes, I can confirm that.”
Selinski wants to meet US President Joe Biden in Hiroshima, among others. First of all, the Ukrainian president wanted to talk to his American colleague about the participation of the United States in the so-called coalition of combat aircraft, which he announced. “Today I can officially talk about the formation of the Aviation Alliance, and this means that very soon Ukraine will have everything to protect its airspace, cities and citizens,” Yermak said.
US President Biden told G7 leaders in a deliberation on Friday that the United States would support training Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter jets, including the F-16, according to a senior US official. First, pilots must be trained. He said it would then be decided when, how many aircraft would be delivered and who would provide them. With his promise, Biden-Zelensky is fulfilling a wish that has been fulfilled for months. To date, this alliance of combat aircraft has been supported by Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark. France is also included, although the country does not own any F-16s.
Zelensky welcomed US support for the so-called fighter jet alliance as a “historic decision”. “This will greatly strengthen our army in the sky,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter early Friday evening. “I look forward to discussing the practical implementation of this resolution during the #G7 summit in Hiroshima.” Ukraine has been asking its Western partners for months to support it with Western-designed fighter jets. It was about the F-16 fighter jets, a very versatile aircraft. Ukraine’s requests have long been rejected, and instead Kiev received Soviet-made fighter jets from Poland and other former Eastern Bloc countries.